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SALADEE, 0F CIRCLEVIL'LE, OHIO,

Lam Patent No. 86.866, dated .mm/r 9, 1869.

IMPRO VEMEN'I IN G-EARING- ZE'OR CARRIAG-ES.

Ibo Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and maxing part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Thenature of my invention consistsinth'e-peculiar arrangement of the perches, in connection with acrossbar secured to the hind axle of the vehicle, in such manner as totransfer the weight, usually imposed upon the centre of the axle, to theshoulders of the same, next the hub, and in such manner astodispensewith the ordinary iron stays used in connection with a single perch,substantially as hereinafter shown and described. 111 the drawing.-

0 represents the hind axle of a buggy. D D, the spindles of the-same. B,the head-block, which isto rest on the centre of the front axle.

A and A are the perches, connecting the front and hind axles together,and which connect with the crossbar A A, whose position is. just in therear of the'hind axle O, as shown,'and upon the centre of whichcrossbar, A A, at A, is placed the hind spring of the buggy.

As here shown, the cross-bar A A and perches A are represented to bemade of one solid piece of timber, and bent in the shape shown, andsecured tothe axle G in such manner as to'transfer the weight imposedupon .the centre, A, of the cross-bar Ato the bearings E E, next theshoulders of the axle.

When these perches and cross-bar are bent, or otherwise formed of wood,an iron plate is secured to the bottom side, extending the whole wayaround, in order to stiffen and support it..

It is not essential, however, that these perches and the cross-bar shallbe formed of one solid piece of wood, and bent into shape, as described,as the same point is gained by making them .in three separate straightpieces, and framing the cross-bar upon the rear ends of the perches,either immediately back, or in front of the axle G. v

Another modification of my invention, so far as it relates totransferring the weight from the. centre of the axle to the bearings EE, is to discard the perches A and substitute the old style of singleperch and iron stays, with the cross-bar A A, the latter being arched upin the centre, and the outer ends secured directly on the top side ofthe axle O, at the bearings E E, while the axle O is made straight thewhole length between the shoulders, and in' every other respect the,gearing may be ironed, and finished after the usualmode. I

But, while I claim the modification lastabove df scribed, of placing thearched barA immediately over the straight axle O, and in connection withthe ordinary single perch and stay-irons, my principal object is to usethe cross-bar A in connection with the two side perches A A by whicharrangementand combination the twofold advantage of relieving the centreof the axle fi'om the weight, by transferring it to the bearings E, anddiscarding altogether a centre perch, and

the usual multiplicity of iron stays, &c.,is attained, in" themostsimple and practical manner, and by thussimplifyingthe constructionof the gearing, the cost of the same is materially lessened.

I will here state that the cross-bar A A maybe made like ahalf-ellipticspring ifdesirable, and, in this way get a greater degree of motion tothe hind spring 0 the vehicle, I find that substantially the same devicecan be attached to thefront axle, for the same purpose, as seen inFigure 1.

,- Having thus fully described the nature and'object of :my invention,

What -I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is?

The cross-bar A A, in combination with the. axle O, and perch or perchesA, constructed in such manner as to transfer the weight usually imposedon the centre of the axle to the bearingsE E, near the hub,substantially as described and for the purposes set forth, and

operating as specified.

GYBUS W. SALADEE.

Witnesses: r 4

O. S. BrrzE'R, E. A. SALADEE.

